Proverbs 6:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Deliver yourself, as a roe or gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Common English Bible

⁵ Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 6:5 Cross References

Psalm 11:1

In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains;

Psalm 124:7

We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!

Psalm 91:3

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence;

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;

Song of Solomon 2:7

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.

Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle, or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice.